Submarines are designed to hide – so what happens when one goes missing?
- Written by James Goldrick, Adjunct Professor in Naval and Maritime Strategy and Policy, Australian National University
In waters north of Bali, a frantic search is underway for the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala, missing with 53 crew since the boat failed to make a routine signal report on Wednesday morning.
How to hunt a submarine
There are two key challenges when a submarine goes missing. The first is finding it. A submarine is inherently covert. When the...





